종교 갈등의 맥락에서 <쌀 나오는 바위> 설화의 이해

Abstract

In this study, we believe that the memory of religious conflicts during the religious transition from Ancient times to the Middle Ages is preserved in the story of the tale of <The Rock with Rice>, and we aim to understand the story in the context of religious conflicts and discuss the legend's genre achievements. In the tale of <The Rock with Rice>, the rock was originally sacred, but is now depicted in a state of decline. The monk is depicted as taking up residence in the rock and coveting the goods it offers. Thus, we can see that the rock is good and the monk is evil. However, rather than goodness being encouraged and evil punished, this story shows that goodness is discouraged, and evil is not punished for its misdeeds. The fact that the rock is mentioned as an evidence in the part that talks about evidence, and the monk is not in the text of the narrative, suggests that the narrative community's assessment is favorable to the rock. If we compare this to the historical reality of Buddhist adoption, we can see it as a narrative representation of the gradual decline of conventional beliefs, represented by the rock, as Buddhism, represented by the monk, takes its place and gradually absorbs the territory of conventional beliefs. Compared to tales that negatively characterize conventional beliefs, the tale of <The Rock with Rice> share a narrative arc of Buddhist victory, revealing historical reality without narrative distortion. Comparing the tale of <The Rock with Rice> to those that negatively characterize Buddhism, the shared placement of good and evil figureheads reveals the narrative community's compassion for indigenous deities. As such, the story of the tale of <The Rock with Rice> is unique in that it captures both the historical reality of the conversion to Buddhism and the narrative truth of compassion for the existing deity. This is why the rocks as evidence in this story testify to the historical reality of the decline of conventional beliefs, but also to the overlapping interests of the narrative community.